Bloomberg Sales & Analytics Summer Bootcamp Review

The Bootcamp was an amazing way to experience what it is like to be part of Bloomberg and the people I met were both genuine and helpful. The lectures and info sessions were very informative and the participants amazingly friendly.

We were allowed unlimited snacks, fresh fruit, coffee, tea and beverages from the pantry - very cool! Although we only received temporary passes we were strongly encouraged to walk around the building and approach employees. I found this very welcoming.

Our two mentors N and J (you know who you are!) were really friendly and were committed full-time to organising our programme during the week. Any questions we had we could just go up to them and ask. Very helpful and approachable!

Deep knowledge acquired of the different functions of the terminal for such a short amount of time - it was literally a bootcamp!

Very well structured and diverse - we even had Mark Barton (Bloomberg TV morning anchor) come to talk with us! Next to terminal based talks (where Bloomberg LP earns 85% of its profits), we had exposure to every division imaginable in the company: Bloomberg Businessweek & Pursuits magazine, Bloomberg Industry Intelligence research division and Bloomberg News!

Bloomberg's culture I think is very unique in the finance industry - it seems like a very energetic and fun place to work! We even discussed this with fellow participants and arrived at the conclusion that it is very important to be a "people person" at the company! As you are approaching customers (whether physically or through the internal messaging system called IB) all day, it is essential that you are warm and friendly!

HR came down to give us an exclusive talk on how to present ourselves in an interview, and how to use LinkedIn effectively. As these sessions were very useful in other career ventures as well, they showed a genuine commitment to training from Bloomberg's part. I greatly appreciated these sessions.

After this week I think I have a better understanding of Bloomberg's business, but a summer internship would be even more helpful in this regard.

Amazingly helpful! It is difficult to really get an idea of a company from looking at brochures and websites - an insight week is a truly treasured opportunity to do this!

Very helpful - I filled up two notebooks with my notes!

Not paid nor reimbursed expenses.

The speakers who came down to speak with us all stressed the fact that we could visit them any time at their desks during the week. Moreover, there was also a work shadowing opportunity of ADSK (Bloomberg Analytics). Finally the programme wrapped up with networking drinks on Friday!

Networking drinks on Friday was a very useful setting to meet people at Bloomberg from my university and ask questions about life at the company and the applications process.

Yes! Plenty of information about charitable events and sports that employees can get involved with. During the time we were there they were organising and employee pool championship.

Without hesitation. This one week of summer was time very well spent and I am very grateful for the opportunity to have been able to be part of it.